Terry A. Ruhl
Board Chair and CEO @Lochner
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WORK HISTORY
Board Chair and CEO @Lochner
Chicago, IL, US
Founded in 1944, Lochner provides planning, environmental, design, construction engineering and inspection, and program/construction management services for surface transportation, aviation, and water clients. In July of 2025, Mr. Ruhl led Lochner to the merger with Egis Group, a Paris, France-based global leader in architecture, consulting, engineering, concessions/operations, and mobility services. The partnership positioned Lochner as the cornerstone of Egis’ growth strategy in the United States, while expanding Lochner’s geographic reach internationally and significantly diversifying the business.
EDUCATION
DePaul University
Doctorate, Business Administration
Colorado State University
Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Master's Degree, Transportation Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT TERRY A. RUHL
Terry Ruhl is a proven senior executive and board director with a passion for driving transformational business growth and delivering exceptional value to clients and stakeholders. He brings extensive experience in business transformation, strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure planning, design, and program management.He previously led the National Governments business for CH2M, a global A/E industry leader, partnering with governments worldwide to advance defense, infrastructure, environmental, and economic priorities. As a member of CH2M’s Board of Directors and Corporate Leadership Council, he helped guide the company’s capital structure transformation from an employee-owned enterprise to a publicly held corporation.From 2012 to 2016, as President of CH2M’s Global Transportation business, he oversaw its rise as one of the industry’s largest transportation consulting practices. Under his leadership, the business doubled in size and profitability and achieved the No. 3 ranking among Transportation Design Firms ($1 billion revenue) by Engineering News-Record.In 2018, he founded INFRADEVCO, LLC, providing strategic consulting and management solutions to A/E firms, public agencies, private equity investors, and corporate boards. After earning his Doctorate in Business Administration from DePaul University in 2021, he became Board Chair and CEO of H.W. Lochner, a multidisciplinary transportation consulting firm headquartered in Chicago.From 2021 to 2025, Mr. Ruhl led Lochner through exceptional growth—doubling revenue, nearly tripling earnings, and increasing enterprise value by 450%. In July 2025, he guided Lochner’s merger with Egis Group, a Paris-based leader in architecture, consulting, engineering, operations, and mobility services, positioning Lochner as the cornerstone of Egis’ U.S. growth strategy.Mr. Ruhl earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in transportation engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. A lifelong learner, he has completed executive education programs in leadership, business administration, and finance at MIT Sloan, Thunderbird, the University of Michigan Business School, and Harvard Business School.Through his doctoral work and continuing thereafter, his research has focused on strategy, evidence-based management, organizational behavior, and mergers and acquisitions in professional service firms. He has authored numerous publications on transportation engineering as well as business management and leadership.
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